Excuses, Excuses

Well I'm back. It's been almost 2 months since my last post and I was trying to come up with a compelling yet plausible excuse and after much thought, here it is: I've been busy.

So it's not as colorful as my original thoughts (gummy lifesavers induced sugar coma... bad manicure that caused me to temporarily lose the use of my fingers, kidnapped by angry toddlers... tied to a plastic chair with bubble tape and forced to watch Yo Gabba Gabba for 36 days straight...).

Turns out, the truth seemed like the best excuse of all. In the past few weeks I've negotiated the addition of several new product lines including Personalized Tees, a funky back to school assortment of products which includes Retro Lunchboxes, Water Bottles, Mousepads (all personalized, of course) and (drumroll please...) the Boatman Geller line (coming very soon). In addition, I took a vacation, hosted and attended several fabulous parties, and oh yes... re-designed the website.

Check out the new site. We're still working out some kinks and populating some new categories and as always, please report any hiccups via email.

Still to come: Jingle Dots - yes I know... it's overdue but I'm STILL in negotiations with our choice vendor. Just need to make sure they can handle our sales volume... if so, stay tuned for some charming holiday aprons, monogrammed stockings, initial wine bags, personalized ornaments and much more! We may not be able to distribute the samples in time for your fall parties, but we can send you a printable mini-catalog!

REMINDER! If you have been waiting for the summer vacation season to come to an end before hosting your first party, wait no more! Get on it, girl! Now is the time to book your fall open-house! Host it in your home ASAP. Your Open House parties will help you line up more party hostesses. After they've seen what you have to offer, they'll be thinking of their own holiday shopping list and will easily see the advantages of hosting a Polka Dots Party for their friends this holiday season. Even if you've already hosted an Open House this year, host another one to take advantage of holiday shopping.

HOLIDAY PARTY CUT-OFF: Parties hosted AFTER November 20th will NOT be guaranteed to receive their items before the Christmas! Use this as a selling point to go back to your interested hostesses and get them signed up!

Time to get back to work... Thanks again Party Girls for being a constant source of inspiration and motivation for us here at Polka Dots, Inc. As always, please let us know how we can help!

All my best!

Heather